Title :
Wireless security study guide: mediocre at best [book review]
Author_Institution :
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
fDate :
6/27/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This article is a review of the book ´CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide (Exam PWO-200)´ By Planet3 Wireless published by McGraw-Hill/Osbome, 2003. The book covers a wide range of topics including: local area networks and wireless LAN auditing tools; target profiling; war chalking; social engineering; unauthorized access on wireless LANs; radio frequency jamming; data flooding; wireless client hijacking; US federal regulations regarding information security; corporate policy writing and security best practices; encryption schemes; authentication; virtual private networking; gateway devices; intrusion detection systems; authenticated Domain Name Systems; thin clients; Kerberos; Radius; the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and biometrics. The book´s goal is to prepare the reader for a certification exam, the reviewer feels the book has little benefit beyond this.
Keywords :
security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide; Kerberos; Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; Radius; US federal regulations; authenticated Domain Name Systems; authentication mechanisms; biometrics; certification exam; corporate policy writing; data flooding; encryption schemes; gateway devices; information security; intrusion detection systems; local area networks; network segmentation; radio frequency jamming; security best practices; social engineering; target profiling; thin clients; unauthorized access; virtual private networking; war chalking; wireless LAN auditing tools; wireless client hijacking; wireless-network security; Books; Communication system security; Data engineering; Data security; Information security; Jamming; Local area networks; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN; Writing; CWSP; book review; wireless security;
Journal_Title :
Distributed Systems Online, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDSO.2005.60
